Regeneration [VHS] [1997]: Jonathan Pryce, James Wilby, Jonny Lee Miller, Stuart Bunce, Tanya Allen, David Hayman, Dougray Scott, John Neville, Paul Young, Alastair Galbraith, Eileen Nicholas, Julian Fellowes, Gillies MacKinnon, Allan Scott, Eddie Dick, Eric Coulter, Kathy Avrich-Johnson, Mark Shivas, Pat Barker: Amazon.co.uk: Video

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A war hospital finds an officer, Siegfried Sassoon fighting a different kind of battle with psychologist Dr William Rivers. Based on the novel by Pat Barker.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A minor masterpiece, 14 Nov 2004

By	A. Friswell "Greywolf" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had not read Barker's trilogy before seeeing the film. Indeed I tuned in to it by accident when it was on TV.

To say that I was gripped is understatement. I was also intensely moved, not merely by the plight of the mentally scarred men at Craiglockhart,(and NOT just Billy Prior), and by the poetry of both Sassoon and Owen; but above all by the astonishing portrayal by Jonathan Pryce of Major Rivers. Here is a man caught in the conundrum of healing the minds of soldiers, of clearing away the mental wall which they have thrown up to forget the horrors they have witnessed, but doing so knowing that they will be immediately returned to those horrors once he has cured them. And the depiction of Rivers' own declining mental state as he too comes to suffer the same symptoms as his patients almost by association was for me unforgettable.

It matters not that the film does not stick rigidly to the books. This is a film which stands out in its own right - moving, sensitive, superbly acted, and one which nobody who stands still for two minutes on Armistice Day at the eleventh hour should miss.

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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dr Rivers and the War Versus Shell Shock, 12 Oct 2002

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This review is from: Regeneration [1997] [DVD] (DVD)

The strength of this piece is that is based around a real incident and several character who really live--Owen, Sassoon, Rivers-In this film, they carry the rest along so you get time to know the more minor characters who have just as harrowing stories of their own in this world of shellshock. The drama is excellent, especially the spooky premonitions of Owen's death, the location is just right for the Gloomy Craiglockhart War Hospital (which really existed and si now part of Napier Uni in Edinburgh) and we get a good idea of what these patients, and the doctors who tried to help with their problem AND sheild them from the official line which calls them cowards. We are given a true sense of how awful shellshock was, without slimy sentimemtality spoiling the message. The actors, especially James Wilby and Stuart Bunce are well chosen for their roles (Sassoon and Owen respectively, and help to makethe whole thing convincing, but what really 'did it' for me was Pryce's potrail of compassionate Doctor William Rivers. I have studied this remarkable man for some time and Pryce's portrayal of him, including the stammer and chronic fatigue was just how i expected Rivers to have been--even down to the voice. Watch it if you have any interest in war, psychology, psychotherapy, or if you can't believe shellshock was real. Watch it if you are a fan of the Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker--inevitably some sections from the book are missing but her version of events is kept to as faithfully as hers were to what really happened in 1917

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 9 May 2004

By	andy martin (Carrickfergus, Antrim United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Regeneration [1997] [DVD] (DVD)

an excellent portrayal of the sufferings of the men at Craiglockhart Hospital and also of the lives of Siegfred Sassoon, Wilfred Owen (two of the most recognised First World War poets) and Dr Rivers who treats war neurosis at the hospital. I felt that the movie didnt keep as close to the text as it should have, however we must consider that it covers the Regeneration Trilogy and not just the Regeneration novel. Very well directed, and suspense is used appropriately. My favourite part is the tunnel scene, were we never know whats at the end of the tunnel until the end of the movie. Top marks!